Chloe was just 22 and had a seven-week-old baby when she was stalked, dragged into a Melbourne laneway, bashed and sexually assaulted by a man who is still on the loose five years on.
It was June 30, 2013 and the new mum had been in North Melbourne with friends enjoying her first night out since having her son, when her world was shattered by the vicious attack on her walk home.
Chloe has given up her anonymity to appeal for information to catch her attacker as Victoria Police announce a $500,000 reward.
"It destroyed me for a really long time," Chloe said in a video released on Sunday.
"I was a new mum, I couldn't be the mum I wanted to be because I was dealing with this.